Hose-supporter stud and loop.



G E. PRENTICE.

HOSE SUPPORTER STUD AND LOOP.

m APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. I915- 1,170,782.

Patented Feb; 8,1916.

Invenfar:

[Off/755 55s.-

rm: COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

GEORGEE. PREN ICE, or New BBITA'iN, CONNEC ICUT, iissieNort o G.

PRENTICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A con- IfOBATION To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. PRnNTIon, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and.

State of Connecticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporter Studs and Loops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose supporter studs and loops such as are shown and described in'my application Serial No. 766,066, filed May .7, 1913, and not claimed therein, and the object of my improvement'is to produce a stud member having certain novel structural features which pertain to the same alone-and which also her, and part of the loop partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of'the same. Fig. 5

is a plan view of the same with the cushion member removed, the loop being shown" in.

broken lines. Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the same, the loop being'shown in section. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line y y of Fig. 3, the loop being omitted. p

.The garter clasp shownin the drawing comprises a stud member Aand a metallic loop B operatively connected together and to the garter C by means of a webbing D.

The w'ebbingD comprises a downwardly ex tending loop at the apex of which the stud member A is supported and having a rear arm or reach 16 which is essentially straight and a front arm or reach 17 which adjacent the apex is threaded through the slots 18 in the body plate 19 of the stud member A and which above the stud member A engages the upper end of the metallic loop B by means of an auxilliary or intermediate loop or bight 20 in an ordinary manner. The me tallic loop B is suitable for engaging with the button F, which latter is constructed and cushioned in a manner to be described.

The stud member A comprises the body plate 19 already mentioned and having a nosn-surron rnn sTUn ND 1400?.

Spe'cificationof Letters Patent; Application filed February 5, 19.15. T Serial No. 6,346.

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hole 23 at the middle in which is seemed a.

core member 21 and which extends outwardly therefrom. On the .core'member-is mounted the'cu'shion member 22. The web bing slots 18 in the body plate 19- are positloned .one above and the other belowthe core member 21.'.The core member21 comprises. a body portion or barrel 24-which is in" the form ofa cylindrical shell having a thin side wall inclosing an open space or bore 26' extending therethrough.

23 and extends therethrough and the extreme inner end 29 is headed over against i the rear face of the body plate 19. At the outer-end the core member 21 is provided wardly and overhang the lateral walls of the barrel 24, essentially on all sides.

The-cushion member 22 comprises a head The inner end; portion of the barrel 24 isa fit for the hole a set of radial projections 30 shown as three in number and which extend out- 31 whichinclosesth'e outer end of the core;v

member21, the radial projections 30, which latter 'areembedded therein, and a portioni of the barrel: 24, and a shank 32 which extends'over the portion of the barrel 24 between'the head 22 and the body plate 19. 1

-The metallic loop B comprises'as usual a relatively narrow portion or bight at the lower endc'omposed of the apex 36 at} the extremelower end and" the two upwardly" extending arms'37, suitably 'spaced tore-" ceive between-them thebarrel24, the shank 32, and the material of the hose. I

I prefer to'ha've the spread: or-spacing ofthe arms 37 such that when in position on the barrel24 each of the said arms will 5 be positively overhung by some part of the radialprojections30L I'also prefer to have I V the cushion member 22 vulcanized to the core member 21 so asto make a unitary structure of these parts. member 22 vulcanized to the core member 21 as mentioned the inner-end 28 of the shank 32 bears against the front face of the body plate 19 and serves as an annular shoulder and in cooperation with the headed over or riveted extreme inner end 29 of the barrel 24 in holding the button F in position on the body plate 19. Accordingly, as described, when the loop B is in engaging position with the button F the shank portion'32 of the cushion member 31 is interposed between the arms 37 thereof and the With the cushion core member 21. That is to say, there is rubber between these parts, as the cushion member ispreferably made of rubber. At the same time, the projection 30 extends a sufficien't distance laterally to positively overhang both of the said arms 37, and while the said arms are engaged as described with the shank 32 and the barrel 24 on Which the same is mounted. This insures a positive holding of the loop on the button, independently of the material of the head 22. Whatever of such'material of the head 22 as may beinterposed between the arms 32 and the projections 30 is subjected to compression merely, without any tendency" to stretch or tear or twist.

In the construction of the stud member A the cushion member 22 is mounted on the core member 21, leaving the inner end portion exposed. Then the said inner end portion is inserted in the hole 23 of the body plate 19 with the inner end of the shank 32 in abutment therewith, and then the extreme inner end 29 is headed over. Thus it will be noted that the shank 32 serves as one of the means for positioning the stud or button on the body plate 19. This permits ofa cylindrical form for the entire length of barrel portion 2% of the stud member 21.

As-stated the barrel'portion 24 is a fit for the hole 23 through which it extends.

yTh'e headed end 29 serves to position the barrel portion or core member relatively to the body plate 19 on one side, and the barrel portion 2% is otherwise generally free to slip through the said hole 23, on theother'or outer side of the body plate 19. The positioning of the core memberrelatively to the said body plate is effected by the shank 22 of the cushion member which, as stated,

is' secured thereto by vulcanizing. As the -cush1on1ng member is made of yielding material, the core member and thecushion member supported thereby, are yieldingly supported relatively to the body plate.

-, Actually there is a slight give of the unit representedby the cushion member and the core member on which it is mounted and the This effect is rendered possible by the con struction described, which of course involves the avoidance of the formation of a positive metalllc shoulder on the barrel portion on the side of the body plate on which the cushion member is mounted.

The fact that the head 31 is closed, and continuous, and ext-ends over the outer end of the barrelmember and is crowned at the outer face cooperates to effect a yielding condition of the cushion member in the longitudinal direction, relatively to the body plate, as the port-ion of the head that bridges the opening in the end of the tubular barrel portion will also yield under pressure.

In use the head 31 is particularly exposed, and liable to come into contact, through interposed garments of course, with obstruc tions, so that the double yielding effect described serves to relieve the shock due to such contact.

I claim as my invention In a stud and loop combination, a stud member comprising a body plate having a hole and a unitary structure mounted thereon comprising a core member and a cushion member supported thereby, .the said core member comprising a tubular barrel portion of uniform cross-section having an open outer end and fitting and extending through the said hole andhaving the inner end headed over suitably to engage with the rear face of the body plate, the said cushion member comprising a head portion closing the outer end portion of the said core member and a shank portion extending from the said head portion along the said barrel portion, and the said shank portion having the inner end engaged with the opposed face of the said body. plate.

GEORGE E. PRENTICE.

- lVitnesses:

ROGER W. EDWARDS, LOUIS M. SCHMIDT.

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